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Eyewitness Guide Paris

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 432 PAGES

Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with maps, this compact book provides an excellent overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions and sights. (FRN02, $25.00)

Paris to the Moon

by Adam Gopnik

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 338 PAGES

Gopnik writes with candor and humor about Paris and Parisian ways in these charming reflections on adapting to life abroad. (FRN208, $16.00)

Paris in Mind

by Jennifer Lee

• ANTHOLOGY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

With selections spanning 300 years, this wonderful anthology reflects America's long connection to Paris and the French. The 30 American writers tapped include Benjamin Franklin, Ernest Hemingway and David Sedaris. (FRN412, $15.00)

Paris Map

by Borch Maps

• 2011
• MAP

A sturdy laminated map of the city center at a scale of 1:12,000 and all of Paris at a scale of 1:15,000. (FRN400, $8.95)

 

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Blue Guide Paris

by Delia Gray-Durant | Ian Robertson

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2007
• PAPER
• 479 PAGES

Compact and authoritative, this eleventh edition of the art-focused guide includes plenty of color photographs and a section of practical information, in addition to the usual maps and detailed floor plans. (FRN145, $29.95)

French or Foe?

by Polly Platt

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2003
• PAPER
• 292 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes. (FRN54, $16.95)

Frommer's Paris Day by Day

by Frommer's

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 184 PAGES

This compact yet remarkably thorough guide, ideal for a short visit, includes recommendations for everything from food to shopping. With a separate fold-out map of the city center and suggested itineraries for visits of one to three days. (FRN603, $12.99)

Hungry For Paris, The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants

by Alexander Lobrano

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 437 PAGES

An American in Paris since 1986, European correspondent for Gourmet and editor of Zagat's Paris, Lobrano brings a journalist's savvy and a food lover's insight to this enchanting guide to 100 places to eat, enlivened by color photographs and charming essays on French food and dining. (FRN985, $17.00)

Lonely Planet French Phrasebook

by Marie-Helene Girard | Anny Monet

• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• 2011
• PAPER

This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)

Paris, The Collected Traveler

by Barrie Kerper

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 614 PAGES

Barrie Kerper's mad bibliophile's guide to the sites, history, food and culture of Paris collects an astonishing range of excerpts, essays and writing on the City of Light, each annotated and with accompanying practical information. (FRN397, $19.00)

Parisian Chic, A Style Guide

by Ines de la Fressange

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 239 PAGES

Icon of chic and quintessential Parisienne, Ines de la Fressange includes her favorite offbeat museums, shops, salons and spas, restaurants, cafes and hotels in this charming guide, jammed with photographs, drawings and hand-written lists. (FRN984, $29.95)

The Authentic Bistros of Paris

by Francois Thomazeau | Sylvain Ageorges | Anna Moschovakis

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2005
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

Take along this handy guide to 50 traditional eateries, many tucked away on hidden streets. With photographs, history and practical notes. (FRN576, $16.95)

The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, A Pedestrian in Paris

by John Baxter

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 298 PAGES

Australian critic and writer Baxter draws on his second career as a literary tour guide in his adopted city for this witty memoir, laced with terrific tales. (FRN979, $14.99)

The Food of France

by Waverly Root

• FOOD
• 1992
• PAPER
• 450 PAGES

An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, the book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace) and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)

A Traveller's History of Paris

by Robert Coles

• HISTORY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A fast-moving, short survey of French history with a focus on Paris from its foundation, through the heady days of revolution and up to modern times. (FRN426, $14.95)

Eiffel's Tower

by Jill Jonnes

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 354 PAGES

Jones captures the thrill of the modern in this sprightly tale of the tower, the 1889 World's fair that inspired it -- and the cast of characters who gathered in Paris for the ocassion, including Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the artists Gauguin, Van Gogh and Whistler. (FRN987, $16.00)

Paris from the Ground Up

by James H. S. McGregor

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 338 PAGES

A wonderfully erudite, in-depth guide to the architecture, monuments and history of Paris. With 105 color and 30 black-and-white photographs and 10 maps. (FRN796, $29.95)

Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

by Rosecrans Baldwin

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 286 PAGES
• COMING IN APRIL

A take on living in Paris by a young American novelist. (FRA01, $26.00)

Paris, The Biography of a City

by Colin Jones

• HISTORY
• 2006
• PAPER
• 566 PAGES

Jones writes with obvious affection in this entertaining, ambitious history of Paris, its architecture, culture and politics, from the late Stone Age to Jacques Chirac. (FRN502, $18.00)

Parisians, An Adventure History of Paris

by Graham Robb

• HISTORY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

Beginning at the dawn of the French Revolution and continuing, in its own charming, haphazard way to the present, Robb's paean to the City of Light (he's clearly in love) takes in the history of Paris through the stories of Marie Antoinette, Sartre and Simon Beauvoir, Napoleon, Zola, Proust and others, renowned and heretofore unknown. (FRN888, $17.95)

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong

by Jean-Benoit Nadeau | Julie Barlow

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2003
• PAPER
• 351 PAGES

This lively, astute examination by two Canadian journalists tackles the contradictions and complexities of the French character, paying particular attention to the question of why the French resist globalization. (FRN755, $16.95)

The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France

by Ina Caro

• HISTORY
• 1996
• PAPER
• 339 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history. (FRN03, $17.00)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 175 PAGES

This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)

The Judgment of Paris, The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

by Ross King

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2006
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

King's lovingly researched and lucid cultural history of French art and society in the 1860s places the impressionists at the center of a revolution in philosophy and taste. (FRN575, $17.00)

A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1996
• PAPER
• 211 PAGES

A treasure for anyone interested in Parisian cafe society and its luminaries circa 1925. Hemingway includes sharp portraits of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Maddox Ford and others who idled on their way to greatness. (FRN26, $15.00)

Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris

by A.J. Liebling

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2004
• PAPER
• 182 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Liebling captures with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine. (FRN32, $15.00)

Paris to the Past, Traveling Through French History by Train

by Ina Caro

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 381 PAGES

The infectiously enthusiastic Ina Caro, biographer husband Bob in tow, charts 25 day trips from Paris in this marvelously conceived history and guide. From the splendor of Chartres, wonders of Sainte-Chapelle and elegant Place de la Concorde, Caro enchants. (FRN953, $27.95)

Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light

by David Downie

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2011
• PAPER
• 303 PAGES

Downie's irreverent ode to his adopted home takes the form of 31 short sketches on the history, people and places of Paris. (FRN522, $15.00)

Renoir, My Father

by Jean Renoir

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2001
• PAPER
• 437 PAGES

Originally published in 1958, the great filmmaker's portrait of his father remains the standard biography of the Impressionist master -- personable, informative and affectionate. With 12 color plates. (ART10, $18.95)

The Secret Life of the Seine

by Mort Rosenblum

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 290 PAGES

After losing his Paris apartment, Rosenblum, a born storyteller, takes to a houseboat moored on the Seine. The result is this entertaining tour of the places and people he encounters during his explorations along the river. (FRN48, $17.50)

Murder in the Latin Quarter

by Cara Black

• MYSTERY
• 2009
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

The ninth installment in Black's series featuring "adorably punkish" detective Aimee Leduc, who gets around on a pink Vespa. This time, Aimee's investigations lead her through the old university district of Paris -- its colorful streets, schools, museums, cafes and bookstores providing a vivid backdrop to the suspense. (FRN772, $14.00)

Paris Stories

by Mavis Gallant | Michael Ondaatje

• LITERATURE
• 2002
• PAPER
• 350 PAGES

All written in Paris (where Gallant has long lived), these magnificent stories take place from the Left Bank to the French Riviera, postwar Germany and Franco-era Spain. If you haven't read her work (many of the stories originally appeared in the New Yorker), you are in for a treat. Gallant is one of the great 20th century short story writers. (FRN373, $15.95)

The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris

by Edmund White

• LITERATURE
• 2008
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

The gifted novelist reveals his favorite haunts in this glittering portrait of Paris and its pleasures, taking in neighborhoods, bookshops and boutiques, monuments and palaces, eateries and, naturally, the history behind it all. (FRN259, $12.99)

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